Note:
Contents
Note: iii
Contents v
1 Port Germein: Preparing to Leave 1
2 Port Germein to Cape Horn 5
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
3 Rounding Cape Horn 57
4 Cape Horn to Cornwall 59
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Appendices 121
A “Archibald Russell” 123
Chapter 1
Port Germein: Preparing to
Leave
Sunday 26 March 1939:
Monday 27
th
March:
Tuesday 28
th
March:
Wednesday 29
th
March:
urs 30
th
March:
Friday 31
st
March (From original diary):
Chapter 2
Port Germein to Cape Horn
Saturday 1
st
April:
Sunday 2
nd
April:
Monday 3 April – 3.15 am:
On Tuesday 4 April:
Wednesday 5 April:
ursday 6 April 39:
Friday 7 April – “Good Friday” – “Aw Yeah!”:
Saturday 8/4/39
Sunday 9 April:
Easter Monday 10/4/39:
Tuesday 11/4/39:
Wednesday 12/4/39.:
ursday 13/4/39.:
Friday 14/4/39:
Saturday 15 April.:
Sunday 16 April.:
Monday 17 April.:
Tuesday 18 April:
Wednesday 18 April:
ursday 19 April:
Friday 20
th
April:
Saturday 21 April:
Sunday 23/4/39:
Monday 24 April:
Tuesday 25 April:
Wednesday 26 April:
ursday 27 April:
Friday 28/4/39:
Saturday 29/4/39:
Sunday 30/4/39:
Monday 1 May:
Tuesday 2
nd
May:
Wednesday 3
rd
May:
ursday 4
th
May:
Friday 5
th
May:
Saturday 6
th
May 39:
Sunday 7
th
May., and at 4 am (8 bells) 3 whistles
and the Port watch take o the Royals.:
Monday 8 May:
Tuesday 9 May:
Wednesday 10 / 5:
ursday 11
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May:
Friday 12
th
May:
Saturday 13
th
May:
Sunday 14/5:
Monday 15 May:
Tuesday 16 May:
Wednesday 17 May:
ursday 18 May:
Friday 19/5:
Saturday 20
th
May:
Chapter 3
Rounding Cape Horn
Sunday 21
st
May:
Chapter 4
Cape Horn to Cornwall
Monday 22 May:
Tuesday 23
rd
May:
Wednesday 24
th
May:
ursday 25 May:
Friday 26/5:
Saturday 27/5:
Sunday 28/5:
Monday 29 May:
Tuesday 30/5:
Wednesday 31
st
May:
ursday 1 June:
Friday 2
nd
June:
At 3 am on Saturday 3
rd
June:
Sunday 4 June:
Monday 5
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June:
Tuesday 6 June:
By Wednesday 7
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June:
ursday 8
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June:
Friday 9
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June:
Saturday 10
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June:
Sunday 11
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June:
Monday June 12
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Tuesday 13
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June:
Wednesday 14
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June:
ursday 15
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June:
Friday 16
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June:
Saturday 17 June:
Sunday 18
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June:
Monday 19
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June:
Tuesday 20
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June:
Wednesday 21
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June:
ursday 22
nd
June:
Friday 23
rd
June:
Saturday 24
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June:
Sunday 25
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June:
Monday 26
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June:
Tuesday 27 June:
Wednesday 28 June:
Saturday 1
st
July:
Sunday 3
rd
July:
Monday 3
rd
July:
Tuesday 4
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July:
Wednesday 5
th
July:
ursday 6
th
July:
Friday 7
th
July:
Saturday 8
th
July:
Sunday 9
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July:
Monday 10
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July:
Tuesday 11
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July:
Wednesday 12
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July:
ursday 13
th
July:
Friday 14
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July:
Saturday 15 July:
Sunday 16
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July:
Monday 17
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July:
Tuesday 18 July:
Wednesday 19
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July:
ursday 20
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July:
Friday 21
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July:
Saturday 22
nd
July:
Sunday 23
rd
July:
Monday 24
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July:
Tuesday and Wednesday 25 & 26 July:
ursday 27
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July:
Friday & Saturday 28
th
and 29
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July:
Sunday 30 July:
Monday 31
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July:
Tuesday 1
st
August:
Wednesday 2
nd
August:
ursday 3
rd
August:
Tuesday 4
th
August:
Appendices
Appendix A
“Archibald Russell”
Appendix B
Notes
Buntlines
Overhauling buntlines
Gaskets
Tria
Timpa
Bath
Appendix C
Précis of a talk/lecture given
by JBH sometime in the 50’s
Appendix D
Nautical Terms
abaft
afterdeck
ahull
amidships
astern
backstay
bee
belay
bilge
binnacle
bitts
bluepeter
boatswain
bobstay
bollard
boltrope
bosun
bow
bower
bowline
bowsprit
brails
bulwark
bunt
buntline
burgee
cable
cabotage
camber
capstan
careen
cathead
chine
chock
clew
coaming
cocket
coerdam
cog
companionway
cordage
cringle
crosstrees
davit
deadeye
deadwood
demurrage
dodger
dogwatch
donkey room
downhaul
dromond
dyogram
earing
ensign
escutcheon
fairlead
fardage
ddley
gurehead
agsta
uke
forebitt
forecabin
forecastle or fo’castle
forefoot
foremast
foresail
forestay
frap
freeboard
futtock
ga
gatopsail
gangway
garboard
genoa
grapnel
groundage
gudgeon
gunnage
gunwale
gybe
halyard
hank
hawse
hawsehole
hawser
headsail
helm
holystone
inboard
jack
jackblock
jackcrosstree
jacksta
jackstay
jackyard
jib
jibboom
jibe
jurymast
kedge
keelhaul
keelson
kentledge
lagan
lanyard
larboard
lastage
lateen
laveer
lazaret
leeboard
leech
loxodograph
lu
lugsail
lutchet
mainmast
mainsail
mainsheet
mainstay
manrope
martingale
mizzen
mizzenmast
moonraker
oakum
orlop
outhaul
outrigger
painter
pallograph
parrel
patroon
poop
port
primage
purser
quarterdeck
quartering
rake
ratline
reef
reeve
roach
the roads
roband
rostrum
rowlock
royal
scud
scupper
scuttlebutt
scuttles
sheer
shrouds
sidelight
skeg
skysail
skyscraper
slipway
snotty
spanker
spar
spinnaker
spirketting
sponson
sprit
spritsail
starboard
starbolins
stay
staysail
steeve
stemson
stern
sternpost
sternway
stevedore
stokehold
strake
stunsail
supercargo
tarail
thole
tiller
timberhead
timenoguy
topgallant
topmast
topsail
tranship
transire
transom
treenail
trice
trunnel
trysail
tuck
turtleback
unreeve
walty
wardroom
washboard
watching
waveson
wear
weatherboard
weatherly
wheelhouse
whipsta
windbound
windlass
xebec
yard
yardarm
yawl
zabra
Appendix E
e Cape Horners
